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Technia enters into strategic partnership with Octaga

March 1, 2010 | Technia press release

Stockholm, Sweden - Technia, a world class supplier of solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Octaga have announced an expanded partnership agreement. Octaga, the leading vendor of world class 3D visualization software and services for the Oil & Gas and the AEC markets, has committed to provide Technia with strategic support for selling 3D solutions to all vertical markets.

Octaga AS is a major producer of interactive 3D viewing software and services for the Oil & Gas and AEC Industries. Octaga’s viewing system Octaga Enterprise provides an intuitive portal for operations, maintenance and asset information retrieval. Octaga’s high quality viewers are based on ISO standards, and have more than 1 million users world-wide. Octaga is trusted by clients such as Siemens, Shell, GE Oil & Gas, FMC Technologies, Statoil, Det Norske Veritas, Chevron, Statsbygg and Software Innovation.

"The addition of Octaga’s software and services to our portfolio will further enhance our position as a key provider of Product Lifecycle Management solutions in the Oil & Gas and AEC Industry in the Nordic countries. It will furthermore add greater business value to our enterprise and our trading partners," says Ylva Berg, CEO, Technia AB.

"The agreement with Technia is an important opportunity for us to strengthen our presence in the Nordic region and to show how 3D viewing is useful in PLM”, says Ola Ødegård, CEO of Octaga. “We will also be able to promote Technia’s services and PLM solutions, based on the ENOVIA PLM Solutions from Dassault Systèmes, to our customer base. This partnership will enhance our credibility in the market”

For more information

Technia
Ylva Berg, CEO
Tel: +46 733 77 24 67
E-mail: yb@technia.com

Octaga
Ola Ødegård, CEO
Tel: +47 90519176
E-mail: ola@octaga.com

About Octaga
Octaga AS is a producer of world class, interactive 3D software products and a creator of outstanding simulation services for the Oil and Gas and AEC industries. Octaga is an emerging company with 300 customers world- wide. Octaga’s interactive 3D viewing products are used for operation, maintenance and training with focus on intuitive viewing and simulation. The flagship product Octaga Enterprise is especially designed to meet the need for efficient real-time handling of the constantly growing 3D CAD models. Please visit www.octaga.no

About Technia
Technia is a world-class supplier of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for the creation and management of product information throughout the entire product lifecycle. Technia has about 200 employees and is a part of the Addnode group (listed at the OMX Nordic List, Small Cap). The company is a strategic partner to more than 200 Nordic companies and has offices in Sweden, Finland, Norway and North America. Technia’s customer list includes: Ericsson, Electrolux, Forsmark, GE Healthcare, Haglöfs, Metso Paper, Mölnlycke Health Care, Nokia, Oticon, Scania, Sectra Mamea, Skanska, Sony Ericsson and SSAB. For more information about Technia, please visit www.technia.com.

About Dassault Systèmes
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences.  Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com 

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks and 3D VIA are registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries.